Norman Osborn's Dark Reign continued in May in New Avengers #53, giving Marvel Comics the best-selling comic book for the month, according to information from Diamond Comic Distributors.

In addition to New Avengers #53, Marvel placed six other titles in the top 10 — Wolverine #72 at #3, Wolverine #73 at #5, Uncanny X-Men #510 at #7, Hulk #12 at #8, Amazing Spider-Man #595 at #9, and Captain America #50 at #10.

DC Comics had three titles in the top 10 best-selling comics for the month — Batman: Battle for the Cowl #3 at #2, The Flash: Rebirth #2 at #4, and Green Lantern #41 at #6

Please Note: While this chart contains only the top 100 comics, Diamond makes available to retailers a complete list of the top 300 comics as a text file for download here.

TOP 100 COMIC BOOKSBased on Total Unit Sales of Products Invoiced in May 2009

QTYRANK

DOLLARRANK

INDEX

ITEM CODE

DESCRIPTION

PRICE

VENDOR

1

1

105.83

MAR092535-M

NEW AVENGERS #53 DKR

$3.99

MAR

2

2

100.00

MAR090132-M

BATMAN BATTLE FOR THE COWL #3 (OF 3)

$3.99

DC

3

6

97.65

FEB092578

WOLVERINE #72

$2.99

MAR

4

4

96.65

MAR090151-M

FLASH REBIRTH #2 (OF 6)

$2.99

DC

5

7

93.44

MAR092604-M

WOLVERINE #73

$2.99

MAR

6

8

91.39

FEB090180-M

GREEN LANTERN #41

$2.99

DC

7

9

84.26

MAR092595-M

UNCANNY X-MEN #510

$2.99

MAR

8

3

81.98

MAR092567-M

HULK #12

$3.99

MAR

9

16

80.56

MAR092529-M

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #595 DKR

$2.99

MAR

10

5

75.06

MAR092559

CAPTAIN AMERICA #50

$3.99

MAR

11

12

71.62

MAR090157

JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #33

$2.99

DC

12

13

69.07

MAR090155-M

GREEN LANTERN CORPS #36

$2.99

DC

13

10

66.38

MAR092606

WOLVERINE WEAPON X #2

$3.99

MAR

14

15

65.87

MAR090016-M

BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER #25 CHEN CVR

$2.99

DAR

15

17

65.56

MAR092528

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #594

$2.99

MAR

16

18

65.45

MAR092527

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #593

$2.99

MAR

17

19

65.43

MAR092601

X-FORCE #15 XMW

$2.99

MAR

18

21

64.09

MAR092514

ULTIMATE WOLVERINE VS HULK #6 (OF 6)

$2.99

MAR

19

20

62.92

MAR090158

JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA #27

$2.99

DC

20

11

62.50

MAR092602-M

NEW MUTANTS #1

$3.99

MAR

21

23

60.57

MAR092597

X-MEN LEGACY #224

$2.99

MAR

22

24

57.54

MAR092543

INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #13 DKR

$2.99

MAR

23

25

57.32

MAR092549

DEADPOOL #10 DKR

$2.99

MAR

24

26

56.23

JAN092451

ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #132

$2.99

MAR

25

29

53.07

MAR090160

POWER GIRL #1

$2.99

DC

26

31

52.93

MAR092600

CABLE #14 XMW

$2.99

MAR

27

32

52.32

FEB092536

FANTASTIC FOUR #566

$2.99

MAR

28

14

51.09

MAR092590-M

WAR OF KINGS #3 (OF 6)

$3.99

MAR

29

34

50.97

MAR092544

WOLVERINE ORIGINS #36 DKR

$2.99

MAR

30

35

49.39

MAR092557-M

AVENGERS INVADERS #11 (OF 12)

$2.99

MAR

31

22

48.87

MAR092495-M

DARK TOWER THE FALL OF GILEAD #1 (OF 6)

$3.99

MAR

32

38

47.98

MAR092537

SECRET WARRIORS #4 DKR

$2.99

MAR

33

41

47.67

MAR092533

AVENGERS INITIATIVE #24 DKR

$2.99

MAR

34

36

47.27

MAR090145-M

SUPERMAN WORLD OF NEW KRYPTON #3 (OF 12)

$2.99

DC

35

37

46.85

MAR090141

ACTION COMICS #877

$2.99

DC

36

40

46.70

MAR090142

SUPERMAN #688

$2.99

DC

37

45

45.22

MAR092588

THUNDERBOLTS #132

$2.99

MAR

38

44

44.33

MAR090144

SUPERMAN BATMAN #60

$2.99

DC

39

46

43.86

MAR090135

GOTHAM GAZETTE #1 BATMAN ALIVE

$2.99

DC

40

47

43.65

MAR090134

BATMAN BATTLE FOR THE COWL THE NETWORK #1

$2.99

DC

41

27

40.78

MAR092492-M

STAND AMERICAN NIGHTMARES #3 (OF 5)

$3.99

MAR

42

28

40.29

MAR092582

MARVEL ZOMBIES 4 #2 (OF 4)

$3.99

MAR

43

49

40.28

MAR090136

AZRAEL DEATHS DARK KNIGHT #3 (OF 3)

$2.99

DC

44

53

39.95

MAR092552

PUNISHER #5 DKR

$2.99

MAR

45

30

39.79

MAR092611

DEADPOOL SUICIDE KINGS #2 (OF 5)

$3.99

MAR

46

51

39.62

MAR090137

ORACLE #3 (OF 3)

$2.99

DC

47

33

38.62

MAR092548

NEW AVENGERS REUNION #3 (OF 4) DKR

$3.99

MAR

48

54

38.51

MAR090162

TITANS #13

$2.99

DC

49

57

37.50

MAR090143

SUPERGIRL #41

$2.99

DC

50

58

37.08

MAR090169-M

WONDER WOMAN #32

$2.99

DC

51

59

36.56

MAR090124

TRINITY #49

$2.99

DC

52

60

36.46

MAR090127

TRINITY #52

$2.99

DC

53

61

36.44

MAR090125

TRINITY #50

$2.99

DC

54

62

36.31

MAR090126

TRINITY #51

$2.99

DC

55

42

36.18

MAR092541

DARK REIGN YOUNG AVENGERS #1 (OF 5) DKR

$3.99

MAR

56

65

35.37

MAR092609

X-FACTOR #43

$2.99

MAR

57

67

34.75

MAR092547

BLACK PANTHER 2 #4 DKR

$2.99

MAR

58

43

34.30

MAR092540

DARK REIGN HAWKEYE #2 (OF 5) DKR

$3.99

MAR

59

66

34.07

MAR090164

TEEN TITANS #71

$2.99

DC

60

48

33.48

MAR092542

DARK REIGN HOOD #1 (OF 5) DKR

$3.99

MAR

61

69

32.60

MAR090128

FINAL CRISIS AFTERMATH RUN #1 (OF 6)

$2.99

DC

62

73

32.52

MAR092574

INCREDIBLE HERCULES #129

$2.99

MAR

63

72

32.15

MAR090129

FINAL CRISIS AFTERMATH ESCAPE #1 (OF 6)

$2.99

DC

64

39

32.11

MAR094310

ANGEL #21

$3.99

IDW

65

64

31.81

MAR094168-M

BOYS #30 (MR)

$2.99

DE

66

77

31.07

MAR092589

WAR MACHINE #6

$2.99

MAR

67

75

30.83

MAR090130

FINAL CRISIS AFTERMATH DANCE #1 (OF 6)

$2.99

DC

68

80

30.43

MAR092594

GUARDIANS OF GALAXY #14

$2.99

MAR

69

50

30.41

MAR092538

DARK REIGN ELEKTRA #3 (OF 5) DKR

$3.99

MAR

70

79

30.41

MAR090165

SECRET SIX #9

$2.99

DC

71

68

30.40

MAR094165-M

BOYS HEROGASM #1 (MR)

$2.99

DE

72

196

30.18

MAR090225

UNWRITTEN #1 (MR)

$1.00

DC

73

52

30.02

MAR092571

PLANET SKAAR PROLOGUE ONE-SHOT

$3.99

MAR

74

83

29.76

MAR092539

DARK REIGN FANTASTIC FOUR #3 (OF 5) DKR

$2.99

MAR

75

86

29.35

MAR092593

NOVA #25

$2.99

MAR

76

84

29.15

MAR090140

OUTSIDERS #18

$2.99

DC

77

55

29.15

MAR092592

WAR OF KINGS ASCENSION #2 (OF 4)

$3.99

MAR

78

56

28.92

MAR092523-M

WOLVERINE NOIR #2 (OF 4)

$3.99

MAR

79

87

28.57

MAR090131

FINAL CRISIS AFTERMATH INK #1 (OF 6)

$2.99

DC

80

90

28.46

MAR092545-M

AGENTS OF ATLAS #4 DKR

$2.99

MAR

81

91

28.27

MAR092546-M

AGENTS OF ATLAS #5 DKR

$2.99

MAR

82

93

27.76

MAR092553

MS MARVEL #39 DKR

$2.99

MAR

83

92

27.10

MAR090091

STAR WARS LEGACY #36 RENEGADE

$2.99

DAR

84

95

26.80

MAR092467

WALKING DEAD #61 (MR)

$2.99

IMA

85

96

26.50

MAR090227

FABLES #84 (MR)

$2.99

DC

86

102

25.29

MAR090147

BOOSTER GOLD #20

$2.99

DC

87

103

25.02

MAR090148

BRAVE AND THE BOLD #23

$2.99

DC

88

104

24.84

MAR092563

EXILES #2

$2.99

MAR

89

63

24.64

MAR094295

GI JOE #5

$3.99

IDW

90

106

24.52

MAR092573

IMMORTAL IRON FIST #26

$2.99

MAR

91

71

24.52

MAR092613

PUNISHER FRANK CASTLE MAX #70 (MR)

$3.99

MAR

92

70

24.33

MAR090139

BATMAN IN BARCELONA DRAGONS KNIGHT

$3.99

DC

93

74

24.08

MAR092526

SPIDER-MAN SHORT HALLOWEEN

$3.99

MAR

94

105

24.05

MAR090150

GREEN ARROW BLACK CANARY #20

$2.99

DC

95

110

23.55

MAR092473

FUSION #1 (OF 3)

$2.99

IMA

96

111

23.55

FEB090059

UMBRELLA ACADEMY DALLAS #6 (OF 6)

$2.99

DAR

97

76

23.34

MAR092501-M

HUMAN TORCH COMICS #1 70TH ANNIV SPECIAL

$3.99

MAR

98

78

23.05

MAR092522-M

DAREDEVIL NOIR #2 (OF 4) CALERO VAR

$3.99

MAR

99

115

23.02

MAR092562

GHOST RIDER #35

$2.99

MAR

100

81

22.65

MAR092570

ALL NEW SAVAGE SHE-HULK #2 (OF 4) DKR

$3.99

MAR

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How does Diamond calculate the charts? It all starts at the comic book shop.

Data for Diamond’s sales charts – which include the monthly market shares and all top product charts – are compiled by Diamond Comic Distributors from a universe of over 4,000+ accounts, comprised of comic book specialty shops and other merchant stores and buyers. The shops are primarily located in North America, with a percentage of sales also to international stores and buyers located throughout the world. The account base includes not only brick-and-mortar comic book specialty shops, but also Internet stores, chain stores, and other specialty stores.

Unit and dollars sales are calculated based upon orders invoiced and shipped to Diamond accounts during any given month, which comprises initial pre-orders, advance reorders, and reorders, minus any copies that are received back from a title marked as returnable.

About the Diamond Sales Index: The Sales Index of selected monthly Best Seller Charts is presented as a comparative tool for retailers and publishers. It presents Diamond’s monthly sales for individual titles in relation to Diamond’s total sales for the issue of DC Comics' monthly Batman comic book. (Batman is used as the control title – with a value of 100 – because sales of Batman usually remain relatively stable.) This allows for easy comparison to other titles and helps retailers gauge their orders for all other titles. This formula is only a guide, other factors may impact a titles’ ability to sell in certain locations and clientele.